Silver Nitrate Solution, Hydrochloric Acid and Sodium Hydroxide can all be obtained through POW! Science!. The first item listed on the page linked above should be the CHEM C3000 Supplemental set which includes three additional chemicals in a reasonable volume and at the proper dilution.

70% Ethyl Alcohol ( A form of Denatured Alcohol), and Hydrogen Peroxide are also required for certain experiments but cannot be included in the kit due to certain restrictions. You should be able to find these two items in the first aid aisle of most pharmacies.

Ammonia should be obtainable from most supermarkets in the cleaning aisle. Generally speaking, household cleaning ammonia will typically range in concentration from 5% to 10%. The product labeling should indicate the concentration.

The proper dilution of ammonia solution is approximately 3.4%, and this can be attained by adding common household ammonia to the appropriate amount of water (**see below). The amount of water which you will need depends of the volume required for a given experiment and the percentage of the solution you are starting with.

**Important! When diluting chemicals, always add the chemical to the water, not the other way around. In general, if you pour water on top of certain chemicals, a reaction can occur quickly causing the solution to splash back up at you. However, if you carefully add the chemical to the water, you can avoid this.

You may find it easier to create a larger volume of properly diluted solution and store it for use as needed.

As an example, let’s assume that you are starting with a household ammonia which is at an 8% solution. If you wanted to make a 4% solution from that, you would combine equal parts water and ammonia. By adding 25ml of ammonia (@ 8% by volume) to 25ml of water you would thus create a 4% solution.

Therefore, to reach a 3.4% solution, you would need to dilute the ammonia by a little more than half.

Once again, let’s assume that you are starting with an 8% ammonia solution. If 50 ml of ammonia solution is required, you would need to add 21ml of ammonia to 28ml of water. (3.4%/8% = .425 -> .425 x 50ml = 21.25ml, or approx. 21ml)